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The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders
OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and impact of dental anxiety in the New Zealand adult population. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data from the 2009 New Zealand national oral health survey. Dental anxiety was measured using the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). RESULTS: The prevalence of dental anxie...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9275063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32929752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/idj.12613 |
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description | OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and impact of dental anxiety in the New Zealand adult population. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data from the 2009 New Zealand national oral health survey. Dental anxiety was measured using the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). RESULTS: The prevalence of dental anxiety was 13.3% (95% CI = 11.4, 15.6). On average, DAS scores were higher by 14% among females, lower among those in the oldest age group (55+), higher by 10% among those in the European/Other ethnic category, and higher by 10% among those residing in the most deprived neighbourhoods. Those who were dentally anxious had greater oral disease experience and were less likely to have visited a dentist within the previous 12 months. They also had poorer oral health-related quality of life, with the highest prevalence of OHIP-14 impacts observed in dentally anxious 35- to 54-year-olds. CONCLUSIONS: Dental anxiety is a dental public health problem. It is an important contributor to poor oral health and care avoidance among New Zealanders. There is a need to develop both clinical and population-level interventions aimed at reducing the condition's prevalence and impact. |
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spelling | pubmed-92750632022-08-02 The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders Sukumaran, Ishani Taylor, Shay Thomson, W. Murray Int Dent J Scientific Research Report OBJECTIVE: To describe the prevalence and impact of dental anxiety in the New Zealand adult population. METHODS: Secondary analysis of data from the 2009 New Zealand national oral health survey. Dental anxiety was measured using the Dental Anxiety Scale (DAS). RESULTS: The prevalence of dental anxiety was 13.3% (95% CI = 11.4, 15.6). On average, DAS scores were higher by 14% among females, lower among those in the oldest age group (55+), higher by 10% among those in the European/Other ethnic category, and higher by 10% among those residing in the most deprived neighbourhoods. Those who were dentally anxious had greater oral disease experience and were less likely to have visited a dentist within the previous 12 months. They also had poorer oral health-related quality of life, with the highest prevalence of OHIP-14 impacts observed in dentally anxious 35- to 54-year-olds. CONCLUSIONS: Dental anxiety is a dental public health problem. It is an important contributor to poor oral health and care avoidance among New Zealanders. There is a need to develop both clinical and population-level interventions aimed at reducing the condition's prevalence and impact. Elsevier 2021-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC9275063/ /pubmed/32929752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/idj.12613 Text en © 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of FDI World Dental Federation. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Scientific Research Report Sukumaran, Ishani Taylor, Shay Thomson, W. Murray The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders |
title | The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders |
title_full | The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders |
title_fullStr | The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders |
title_full_unstemmed | The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders |
title_short | The Prevalence and Impact of Dental Anxiety Among Adult New Zealanders |
title_sort | prevalence and impact of dental anxiety among adult new zealanders |
topic | Scientific Research Report |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9275063/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32929752 http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/idj.12613 |
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